MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and UW-Whitewater have received bids into the 2013 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship and will compete in a six-team, double-elimination regional hosted by UW-Whitewater at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium May 15-18.

The Pointers (35-9) received an automatic bid into the 56-team field by winning the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament title. UW-Stevens Point is making the 14th NCAA appearance in program history and eighth in the last nine seasons. The Pointers will open regional competition against Benedictine University (Ill.) (32-10) at 3 p.m. on May 15.

The Warhawks (34-7) earned one of 18 available at-large bids into the event. UW-Whitewater, who claimed the NCAA Division III championship in 2005, is making its sixth consecutive NCAA showing - and 16th overall. The Warhawks will face Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) (27-12) in their opening contest at 6 p.m. on May 15.

University of St. Thomas (Minn.) (33-5) and College of St. Scholastica (Minn.) (27-9) will also compete in the Whitewater Regional.

RHINELANDER - Some people call the Northwoods home, but one Northwoods woman calls Africa her home.

Twenty-year-old Tanya Whittaker grew up doing missionary work with her family in Sekanani, Kenya. The village is about six to eight hours from the capital city of Nairobi. Since she was two, she helped her father, a Northwoods native, and her mother, from Germany, serve the small community, building structures and teaching Christianity.

EAGLE RIVER - Ken Schels, the owner of KMS, a custom wood and metal shop in Eagle River, makes pieces to honor his family's past as well as nature itself. His family was one of the pioneer families in Eagle River. That's how he came to appreciate all that the forest has to give.

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